Pen-holder rest



(NoModeL) T H LOGAN PBNHOLDEB, REST.

Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

WITNESSES:

UNTTED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

THOMAS II. LOGAN, OF LOIYELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

PEN-HOLDER REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,003, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filedJ'uly 27,1889. Serial No. 318,918. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. LOGAN, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen Holder Rests, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rests for pen holders or handles, and has for its object the provision of a rest which may be moved with the utmost ease over the paper or surface upon which it is placed or upon which it operates, and at the same time serve as an efficient guide for the hand and permit of a free and full manipulation of the pen.

- The invention consists of a pen-holder or pen-handle rest comprising an arm connected with the pen-holder and extending downward therefrom and provided on its lower on d with a balLbearing.

The invention also consists of a pen-holder rest consisting of a spring or yielding arm provided with a ball-bearing foot so constructcd and arranged as to afford a rest and guide for the hand of the writer and at the same time so yield as to readily allow of shading being performed with the pen.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same letters designating the same parts or features wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of one form of my invention applied to a pen-holder, the latter and the pen being in a position they may occupy when in use. Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1, a portion of the pen-holder being broken off. Fig. 3 is a sectional rear View of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. i is a side view of a IHOCllfiQClfOI'lIl of the invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another modification. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail, on an enlarged scale, designed to show the construc tion and relationship of parts constituting the ball-bearing.

In the drawings, a designates the pen-holder or pen-handle, and b the pen; which may be of any form or character adapting it to receive a sleeve 0 or similar device with which the arm (I of the rest is connected.

In Figs. 1, 2, andb I have shown one of the desirable ways in which the arm (Z may be formed, and as represented in said figures it consists of a strip of spring-steel extending downward from the sleeve 0 and forward under the pen-holder toward the pen, where it is provided with a laterally and upwardly pro jecting spur 6, thereby affording a convenient rest for one, two, or more fingers of the operators hand, and providing means which will prevent the fingers from accidentally slipping off from the rest.

The arm d is provided at its forward end with a suitable recess or socket f, adapted to receive and support a ball g of suitable material in such manner as that it will roll in its bearing and over the paper or surface on which it may be placed in any direction, and so affording an anti-friction bearing for the rest and permitting said bearing to move over a surface with the utmost ease. The arm cl may be made so thin or slight as to yield or spring, so that the writer by bearing on the pen with greater or less force may perform shading without the necessity of rocking the pen-holder upon the bearing of the rest.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the arm d as made of greater length than is represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,.and said arm in said Fig. AL is shown as curved backwardly, downward, and forwardly 011 a radius sufficiently great to afford a rest for the last two fingers of the hand under the pen-holder and to permit of the first two fingers resting on the holder near the pen. In this instance, also, the arm may be constructed so as to yield or spring, as has been described with reference to the constructions shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown. the arm (Z as consisting of a straight hollow post extending down from the pen-holder, in which hollow post is arranged the balhholding shaft 'i in such manner as to have a limited sliding or reciprocating motion therein. A spring j is interposed between. a shoulder or offset 7.; 011 the shaft '5 and the bottom Z of a counterbore of the arm, said spring operating to hold the shaft i normally down and render the rest yielding in its nature, for the purposes before explained. In this last-mentioned instance the arm (I is provided with a laterally and up Wardly projecting spur "m, affording a rest for a finger of the hand. In all instances the bearing of the arm dthat is to say, the point where it rests upon the paper or other thing or surface over which it movesis provided with the movable anti-friction ball or spherical foot 9. The arm d and spur connected therewith afford a means for supporting the pen above the desk-top or paper when the pen is laid aside, so as to avoid accidentally inking any article or thing.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form and arrangement of parts comprising my invention Without departing from the nature or spirit thereof.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described ways in which the same may be constructed and used, I declare that what I claim is 1. A pen-holder rest consisting of an arm connected with the pen-holder and extending down ward therefrom and provided with a ball-bearing foot, as set forth.

2. A pen-holder rest consisting of a spring or yielding arm connected with the pen-holder and extending downward therefrom and provided with a ball-bearing foot, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of July A. 'I). 1880.

THOMAS H. LOGAN. Vitnesses:

ALONZ CoBURN, FRANCIS P. RIvET. 

